Chapter 45: Battle of Interest

"Ren took out another four million silver coins."

Zhang Chuanli sent a document to Han Xiufen for signature. After Han Xiufen saw it, he looked at Zhang Chuanli through his glasses and said, "Why didn't you let Renn go?"

Zhang Chuanli said: "A person who can take out 12 million silver coins can definitely get 15 million. The reason why people did not meet the 15 million condition this time is that we are waiting for us to squeeze him again, and after pressing him again, and after pressing him again, he will give him another 300, and then he will be like a person who has been squeezed completely.

I want to get another five million silver coins.”

Han Xiufen smiled, took off his glasses, placed them on the table, and then slapped Zhang Chuanli on the back of the head, causing Zhang Chuanli's head to thunder forward violently, and hit the pile of books. Because of his strength, he knocked Han Xiufen's pile of books down in an instant.

Zhang Chuanli was suddenly attacked and immediately fell to the ground habitually, his hands and feet contracted, and his whole body shrank into a ball, ready to deal with the next attack.

"Do you think I'm farting?"

Han Xiufen looked down at Zhang Chuanli, who was vigilant and defensive.

Only then did Zhang Chuanli realize that it was Boss Han who hit people. He immediately hugged his head with both hands and said, "Don't slap in the face."

Han Xiufen said: "Now, immediately, release Rennes immediately. Due to your negligence, Rennes can select five people from the captives to take them away, and then you hand over all these people to Rennes."

Zhang Chuanli got up from the ground, and his head was still buzzing, but he could still hear Han Xiufen's words clearly.

"You hit me!"

Han Xiufen's face twitched, raised her slap again, and Zhang Chuanli jumped over the window and ran away.

After running far away, he suddenly realized that Han Xiufen now controls the territorial officials equivalent to most of the Ming Dynasty. They are better on weekdays. Once they are involved in military orders, they should not rely on Han Xiufen's confidant to go against her wishes. After all, Boss Han is a mountain of military orders in Nanyang and cannot be violated by anyone.

If Renn's affairs were just something Han Xiufen wanted to do for a moment, then Yunwen led the three thousand Yun family members to raid West Island, it would be really a military order.

On Han Xiufen's chart, West Island is just an island in the Andaman Islands. It is an island with extremely beautiful scenery and the residence of the Governor Raymond.

Around the sixteenth century, the explosive changes that took place around the world were a strong in human history.

It’s a pity that the noise and glory are both Westerners, and there is no impact on the East, the countries that are closed to the country. The surging outside the door is like a kitten scratching the door. Everyone is basically immersed in our wealthiest and our strongest self-righteousness. Little do they know that the visitors outside the door have already planned a large robbery plan behind your back.

When Western merchant ships drove to the gates of South Asia, the Mughals did not realize that this meant a crisis of "invasion". They were even happy to see several countries squeezing their heads and bloodshot to compete for their spices, cotton and other products, and they could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Of course, the Mughals did gain some dividends in the early days.

Britain was not the first to start in the Western business tide. Iberia seized the initiative in the great maritime industry. Portugal first expanded its territory in the East. The Dutch followed closely with its world-leading shipbuilding technology. The French were not willing to lag behind. The huge wealth brought by business made the idea of ​​mercantilism rampant.

Later, the returns of trading companies based on colonial trade were extremely amazing, but the risks and costs of ocean trade were unbearable for ordinary individuals. Therefore, the prototype of a modern joint-stock company that combines capital and distributes returns according to the investment ratio came into being.

On this basis, the Dutch East India Company, the Portuguese East India Company, the British East India Company, and the French East India Company were born.

To be ashamed, only the Ming Dynasty has not established such a company, so General Han Xiufen can only be put into battle with his bare hands.

Now, Han Xiufen wants to use this battle to give the Ming Dynasty the power to open a company in India.

She has chosen all the candidates, and it is Leonie's father, Earl Rennes!

From the beginning, she planned to let Leonie exploit his father, and only after stripping all the glory of Rennes was removed, she would come forward and let Rennes come back to life.

After all, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch East India Company was a battle of interests, and it was not involved in private interests. The one who defeated Rennes was his daughter Reoni, and the one who exploited him was his daughter Reoni. Through this incident, it was her who eased their father-daughter relationship.

When Yun Zhao was discussing the Nanyang incident with Han Xiufen in Yushan a long time ago, he once said that Nanyang belonged to the Ming Empire. Outside of Nanyang, the Ming Empire needed absolute interests but no hatred. Therefore, it needed an agent when ingesting interests.

These agents cannot be the Ming people with yellow skin and dark hair, and should actively use those Europeans to achieve this goal.

Although Han Xiufen was very disgusted with the emperor's shameless behavior, she insisted on implementing Yun Zhao's thoughts in place in actual actions.

Renn was the first heavyweight agent Han Xiufen found for the Ming Empire outside of Nanyang.

After fighting with Rennes for many years, Han Xiufen knew that Rennes was an absolutely capable person. The reason why he lost to the Ming Dynasty was entirely because the Dutch East India Company was too small to give him the strongest support.

If the Dutch could send a powerful fleet early in the war between Rennes and Han Xiufen, even now, Han Xiufen is probably still trapped in the war quagmire of fighting with Rennes for the Strait of Malacca.

The captain who sent Yun Wen and others to leave the Strait of Malacca was Lai Guorao of the First Squadron of the Ming Navy.

He is the best among the new generation of the Ming Navy. He is from the Guangdong Haimin family. After graduating with the sixth place in Yushan Academy, his first choice was the Ming Navy.

This time, the task of transporting the commando team at West Island was snatched from the three old men, Leonie, Zhang Chuanli, and Liu Mingliang. The eleven warships of the first fleet he commanded not only wanted to defeat the British East India Company's frigate, but also successfully sent these 3,000 people to Shanghai Island. This task was a great test for Lai Guorao.

Although the general said that this was just an ordinary raid, how could Lai Guorao, who had been studying at Yushan Academy for eight years, not know what consequences would be if this army, which was composed of all the children of the Yun family, suffered major casualties.

From the perspective of military law, he would not be punished, but... Yunwen's father Yun Yang was still the Minister of War of the Ming Empire. He was the second person in the Ming army except His Majesty.

if……

Lai Guorao shook his head and threw these mixed thoughts out of his mind. In less than a stick of incense, the lookouts on West Island would see the sails of their fleet.

Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. The sunset in the afternoon is the highest period of high tide. The tide just sends the fleet to the shore as much as possible. These assaulters can also take a small boat to the shore along the tide at one time.

The attack time left for them is only two hours. At that time, the tide begins to fade. If they cannot get rid of Raymond within these two hours, it indicates that the assault has failed.

Fortunately, West Island is not big. If it goes well, two hours will be enough for these people to search the entire island. The most important thing is that the British did not build military fortresses here. If their speed is fast enough, it should not be difficult to complete the task.

On the deck, cloud patterns in full-body raided outfits were boosting morale.

"Don't worry, brothers, this is just an ordinary war. Our brothers have reached the teeth. All we have to do now is to get off the boat, row, go ashore, kill Raymond's guards, kill, or capture Raymond alive, and then take the boat home. It's that simple.

Do you have confidence?”

"have!"

Looking at the howling sounds of his subordinates, Yunwen was very satisfied. He followed his father's habit and touched his head, but there was a lot of hair on his head, which was not as majestic as his father's touch.

Just in the shadow that Yunwen could not see, a man with a long scar on his face was talking to a guy dressed in a businessman.

"Old Chang, have the matter been arranged?"

"Old Zhou, don't worry, why did I neglect what you told me? Ten days ago, Raymond bought 600 black slaves, and half of them were our black warriors.

This time the young master raided Raymond, he naturally grabbed it with a handful of hands."

Lao Zhou looked at Lai Guorao on another ship and said, "Things must be done invisible. The fleet leader who is responsible for grading the young master cannot be seen through. In any case, he must ensure the young master's safety."

Lao Chang said with a disgust: "Lao Zhou, this is a real war, there is no way to guarantee it. If you are really worried, you should go to General Han and replace the young master early."

Old Zhou sighed and said, "Who dares to talk about such a thing to General Han? It would be fine if you don't say it. Once you say it, Young Master Yunwen will definitely be inserted into the cannon by General Han and directly hit this West Island.

Don’t say we dare not go, even if the minister goes there, it will be useless.

Fortunately, I was a little careful and prepared to take twenty old brothers to guard the young master. This time you also landed on the island. After you get on the island, you should quickly contact the inner guard on the island and help the young master get things done with clean and beautiful things."

Lao Chang nodded repeatedly, quickly took off the robe worn by the merchants, immediately exposed the black soft armor helmet on his head, clamped the musket under his arm, and quietly mingled the group of excited teenagers.

After less than a cup of tea, Lai Guorao suddenly roared: "Manfan, assault!"

The warship that was originally running quietly shook violently after the huge sails on the front and rear masts ate the wind, and the ship speed immediately accelerated.

When the ship's speed reached its highest level, a rapid bell came from the island of West on the horizon.

Yun Wen felt all his blood rushing to his head and shouted loudly: "Brothers, it's finally our turn to make achievements!"
Chapter completed!